Hinkston Creek near Carlisle, KY Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 03252300 sits on Hinkston Creek and reads everything draining 154 square miles of the South Fork Licking basin. Its datum sits 764 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1992, 34 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from South Fork Licking River at Cynthiana, KY at 621 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 25% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Hinkston Creek runs a median of 65 cfs at this gauge across 34 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 200 cfs, and September the leanest at 7.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 7,520 cfs in 1997, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1999.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1992 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 37 feet, in March 1997.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CREK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.